生生

Chinese

to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
simp. and trad.
(生生) 		生 生

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 生 生
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 庚 (109) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 所庚切 所敬切
Baxter sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sang1 sang3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 生 生 生
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shēng shēng shēng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sræng › ‹ sræng › ‹ srjæng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sreŋ/ (MC srj- > sr-; or *s.reŋ ?) /*sreŋ/ /*sreŋ/ (or *s.reŋ ?)
English bear, be born; live fresh, raw bear, be born; live

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 生 生
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11312 11322
Phonetic
component 		生 生
Rime
group 		耕 耕
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		生 生
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰleːŋ/ /*sreŋs/

Noun

生生

  1. every generation
  2. alternative form of 猩猩 (xīngxing)

Verb

生生

  1. to grow and multiply without end
  2. to seek one's livelihood
  3. to live

Adverb

生生

  1. while still alive

Adjective

生生

  1. vigorous
  2. timid

Suffix

生生

  1. expressive suffix

Derived terms

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